OLD BOYS LEAD INSTITUTE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 15

OLD BOYS LEAD INSTITUTE

The sticky wicket and slow outfield rather • than' any outstanding bowling efforts were mainly responsible for thelow scoring in the game between Institute and Wellington College Old Boys, played at Kelburn on Saturday. Both sides started disastrously, at one stage Institute having four wickets down for 17 and Old Boys faring little better with fdwr down, for 37.

. Lamason won the toss and sent Instil tute in, B. McLean and Law lacing the bowling of > Boyes and- Bush;' /Boyes struck a length immediately,: and with his medium-fast swingers he soon had McLean, Lang, Scott, and Crook ba.ck in : the pavilion with the total at 17. A. McLean joined Law, and:the latter, after playing a solid innmgs, characterised by. some hard fiqoking and driving, was caught off J. Lamason at' 24; Bilby, joined A. McLean,1 arid the::latter began to open-out, collecting two 6's. McLean had*'his leg stump.uprooted by a beautiful ball from. Bush, which nipped in from the off; With McLean's dismissal, Institute's stocks slumped, but Burke and. Bilby batted confidently and raised the score, to 108 with wellplaced shots all round the wicket. For the-: first time in the innings B. Griffiths, slow bowler in the New Zealand team,, had a turn with the ball. In his second .over he had Bilbyfeeling for the break, finally getting him snapped up in ;,the. slips by : Boyes. Bartlett, who- was having his first game in senior cricket, opened his scoring with a pretty late cut, but soon after was bowled by a slow full-toss from Grif•fiths, which landed on top of his stumps. Buchan joined Burke, but with only a few added Griffiths skittled ;Burke, who, though only compiling 14 funs, had shown complete confidence,

and but for him Institute might have totalled considerably less than 125. When Old Boys commenced their innings Crook was bowling at top and coming off fast, and three Old Boys' batsmen, dv Chateau (8), Wareham (0), arid Dyhrberg (1), were out with the score at 14. J. Lamason came in and treated the bowling as it deserved. Eight 4's and three 6's were included in his total of 59, and he treated Crook's bowling with such scant respect that the latter, who at one stage had taken three wickets for 9 runs, ended up the i day with three wickets for 71," nineteen 'runs being knocked off one of his overs. Crook, however, did not have the best of luck, several chances being missed as a result of very patchy fielding.

) Browne and Bush were batting steadily and took the total past the 100 mark with neatly-placed shots on both sides of the wicket. When he was 24, ■ Browne was caught at silly mid-off off Burke, who had replaced Crook. Six wickets were now down for 117, and, with the score at Institute's total of 125, Griffiths and R. Lamason were dismissed with successive balls from Burke. Burke was getting a sharp legbreak and the fact that the batsmen would not use their feet and get out to him helped' him considerably. Whyte was Burkes next victim, caught at mid-off by Buchan. The last-wiqket stand of Bush and Boyes, with the exception of J. Lamason's innings, provided the brightest batting of: the day. Bush threw caution to the winds and px-oeeeded to put Burke all over the paddock, straight driving him for three successive fours and taking his total to 50. After adding 36 for the last wicket, Bush, in attempting a big hit off McLean, stepped yards up the crease, missed the ball, and the wicket-keeper did the rest. Details:— > INSTITUTE. First Innings. R. McLean, b Boyes ."".. 1 Law, c Dhyrberg, bJ. Lamason .. 24 Lang, jC J. Lamason,' b Boyes ...;■/■ 6 Scott, cJ. Lamason, b Boyes .'.... 0 R. Crook, b Boyes ....... .:.... 0 A. McLean, b Bush 31 Bilby, c Boyes, b Griffiths .... 32 C. Burke,' b Griffiths 14 Bartlett. b Griffiths ... .G Buchan, not out 3 Marsh, did not bat ................ 0 Extras 8 Total ...'. 125 Fall of wickets:—One for s;"two for 15, three for 17, four for 17, five for 53, six for 80, seven for 108, eight for 123, nine for 125. Bowling:—Boyes took four, wickets for 23 runs, Griffiths three for 17, Lamason one for 18, Bush one for 35, and G. Whyte none for 24. OLD BOYS. First Innings. s V. dv Chateau, c A. McLean. ,b Crook 8 C." Warehaiin, b Crook' 0 W. Rainbird, c Law, bA. -McLean . 10 Dhyrberg, c and b Crook 1 J. Lamason, c Crook, bA. McLean 59 L. V. Browne, c Lang, b Burke .. 24 R. Bush;' st Bilby, bA. McLean .. 51 B. Griffiths, b Burke 4 R. Lamason, c Buchan, b Burke .. 0 G. Whyte, c Buchan, b Burke .... 2 R. Boyes, not^out 4 Extras 10 Total' ..' '. 173 ' Fall of wickets:—One for 1, two for 12, three for 14, four for 27, five for 96, six'for 117, seven for 125, eight for 125, nine for 137, ten for 173. Bowling:—Burke took four, for "15, Crook three for 71, McLean three for 41, and Buchan none for 16.